you rang her or felt compelled to ring her on the night michael jackson died. you realized she may be going through turmoil over that news. tell me about that. >> it was -- and i haven't talked about it publicly. i'm surprised you know that. how do you know that? >> i know everything, tyler. >> i called her that night, had been trying to get her all day, i tried her that night. she had donny hathaway's song blasting in the background. we talked for a while, she was really broken up about his death. i didn't know if she was thinking about herself, but i was trying desperately for me to get to go over to the house and sit with her to make sure she was okay. whitney, in true fashion, after me trying for about five, ten different times, listen, i'm a mother, i'm a woman, and i'm single, and you're not coming over my house in the middle of the night. in the way only she could. but it's beyond tragic, and i was so disgusted, i must tell you, i was so disgusted at the media and the way that they handled her death. it was -- it was so blatantly disrespectful. the papar